1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

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1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
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  1984 21 January 1989
11 March 1989
1991  

All 234 seats in the Legislature of Tamil Nadu*
118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout69.69%
 First partySecond party
  M. Karunanidhi .jpg J Jayalalithaa.jpg
Leader M. Karunanidhi J. Jayalalithaa
Party DMK Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Alliance National Front AIADMK (Jayalalithaa Faction)
Leader's seat Harbour Bodinayakkanur
Seats won15027
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 125Decrease2.svg7
Popular vote9,135,2205,393,857
Percentage37.89%22.37%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.89%n/a

 Third partyFourth party
  GK Moopanar 2010 stamp of India.jpg VNJanaki.jpg
Leader G. K. Moopanar V. N. Janaki Ramachandran
Party INC(I) Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Alliance AIADMK (Janaki Faction)
Leader's seat Papanasam Andipatti
(lost)
Seats won262
Seat changeDecrease2.svg35Decrease2.svg95
Popular vote4,780,7142,214,965
Percentage19.83%9.19%
SwingIncrease2.svg3.55%n/a

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1989 election map (by constituencies)
*Note: The Infobox does not include the 2 seats won by merged ADMK coalition in March bye-election.

CM before election

President's rule

Elected CM

M. Karunanidhi
DMK

The ninth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 21 January 1989. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won the election and its leader M. Karunanidhi, became the Chief Minister. It was his third term in office. The DMK was in power only for a short term, as it was dismissed on 31 January 1991 by the Indian Prime minister Chandra Shekhar using Article 356 (Otherwise) of the Indian Constitution.

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Background

MG Ramachandran 2017 stamp of India.jpg
The ninth legislative assembly election is the first election to the body after the death of the most prominent Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. G. Ramachandran.

Split in AIADMK

After the death of M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R) in December 1987, his wife V. N. Janaki Ramachandran took over as Chief Minister. She lasted less than a month in power. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) split into two factions, one led by Janaki and the other by J. Jayalalithaa. The undivided AIADMK legislature party had a strength of 132 including the Speaker P. H. Pandian. 97 of them supported the Janaki faction while 33 backed the Jayalalithaa group. Speaker Pandian was a supporter of Janaki. He did not recognize the Jayalalithaa group as a separate party. On 28 January 1988, Janaki sought a vote of confidence in the Assembly. The Jayalalithaa group abstained from the assembly and Pandian disqualified all of them. Earlier in December 1986, 10 MLAs of the DMK had been expelled from the Assembly by Pandian for their participation in the anti-Hindi agitation of 1986, bringing down the strength of the house to 224. The disqualification of the 33 MLAs of the Jayalalithaa group by P.H.Pandian further reduced the assembly's strength to 191. This enabled Janaki to win the vote of confidence with the support of only 99 members (with 8 opposing votes and 3 neutrals). Other opposition parties boycotted the vote - only 111 members were present during the motion. [1] [2] [3] Though she won the vote of confidence, her government was dismissed by prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on 30 January citing the disruptions in the assembly. [4] After a year of President's rule, elections were again held in January 1989. Both the AIADMK factions claimed to be the official AIADMK and requested the election commission to grant the "two leaves" symbol of the AIADMK to them. However, the election commission refused to recognize either of them as the official AIADMK and temporarily froze the "two leaves" symbol on 17 December 1988. Instead it awarded the "cock" symbol to the Jayalalithaa faction (AIADMK(J)), while the Janaki faction (AIADMK(JA)) was given the "two doves" symbol. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Coalitions

The Tamil Nadu unit of the Indian National Congress initially decided to ally with the Jayalalithaa faction. [10] This move was opposed by actor and Congress leader Sivaji Ganesan. On 10 February 1988, he left the party along with his supporters to form a new party Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani. [10] [11] Ganesan's party allied itself with the Janaki faction. Eventually, the Congress also contested the elections alone.

The DMK was part of the Janata Dal led National Front. The front initially included both the Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM). [4] However, in the election only Janata Dal and CPM had a seat sharing agreement with the DMK. The CPI allied itself with the AIADMK(J).[ citation needed ]

This election attracted unusually high level of attention at the national level. It was seen as a precursor for the General election of 1989, a test of Rajiv Gandhi's popularity and P.H.Pandian's popularity as a speaker claiming Sky High Powers. The Tamil Nadu Congress (under G. K. Moopanar) was contesting elections alone after a gap of twelve years and Rajiv Gandhi campaigned extensively making multiple campaign visits to Tamil Nadu. V. P. Singh and Jyoti Basu, the national leaders of Janata Dal and CPM respectively also campaigned for the DMK led front in Tamil Nadu. [4]

Seat allotments

DMK Front

No.
PartyElection SymbolLeaderSeats
1. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Indian election symbol rising sun.svg M. Karunanidhi 202
2. Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg A. Nallasivan21
3. Janata Dal Janata Dal symbol.svg Era. Sezilyan 10

AIADMK (Jayalalithaa) Front

No.
PartyElection SymbolLeaderSeats
1.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Jayalalithaa) Indian Election Symbol Cock.png J. Jayalalithaa 198
2. Communist Party of India CPI symbol.svg P. Manickam13
3. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Indian election symbol two leaves.svg J. Jayalalithaa 4

†: The four seats that were delayed were contested by a united AIADMK front (AIADMK(J) & AIADMK(JA)), under the leader Jayalalithaa in a bye-election.

AIADMK (Janaki) Front

No.
PartyElection SymbolLeaderSeats
1.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Janaki)Double Pegions V. N. Janaki Ramachandran 175
2. Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani

Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg

Sivaji Ganesan 49

Congress

No.
PartyElection SymbolLeaderSeats
1. Indian National Congress Hand INC.svg G. K. Moopanar 214
2. United Communist Party of India No flag.svg D. Pandian 10

Voting and results

The election for 232 constituencies was held on 21 January 1989. The turnout among registered voters was 69.69%. Elections could not be held for two constituencies -Marungapuri and Madurai East - due to technical reasons. For these two elections were conducted later on 11 March 1989. Since the two AIADMK factions had merged in February 1989 under the leadership of Jayalalitha, the Election Commission restored the "Two Leaves" symbol to the unified AIADMK for these elections. The unified AIADMK won both the seats. [12] [13] [14]

Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left 1989 tamil nadu legislative election map by parties.png
Election map of results based on parties. Colours are based on the results table on the left

Results by Pre-Poll Alliance

Summary of the 1989 January Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results
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Alliance/PartySeats wonChangePopular VoteVote %Adj. %
DMK+ alliance169+1379,135,22037.9%
DMK 150+1268,001,22233.2%38.7%
CPI(M) 15+10851,3513.5%36.5%
JNP 4+1282,6471.2%29.1%
AIADMK(J)+ alliance30-55,393,85722.4%
AIADMK(J) 27-65,098,68722.2%25.0%
CPI 3+1295,1701.2%21.3%
Others33-1329,160,16338.0%
INC 26-374,780,71419.8%21.8%
AIADMK(JA) 2-952,214,9659.2%12.2%
IND 5+12,164,4849.0%9.1%
Total23224,111,468100%

Sources: Election Commission of India [15]

By constituency

Assembly ConstituencyWinnerPartyRunner UpPartyMargin
Andipatti P. Asayan DMK V. Panneerselvam AIADMK(JL)
AIADMK(JA)
4,221
Anna Nagar K. Anbazhagan DMK V. Sukumar Babu AIADMK(JL) 32,407
Arakkonam V. K. Raju DMK P. Rajakumar INC 21,973
Arantanki S. Thirunavukkarasu AIADMK(JL) M. Shanmugasundaram DMK 21,703
Aravakurichi Ramasamy Monjabor DMK S. Jagadeesan AIADMK(JL) 18,154
Arcot T. R. Gajapathy DMK K. V. Ramdoss AIADMK(JL) 14,305
Ariyalur T. Arumugam DMK P. Elavazhagan AIADMK(JL) 18,111
Arni A. C. Dayalan DMK D. Karunakaran AIADMK(JL) 7,667
Aruppukottai V. Thangapandian DMK V. S. Panchavarnam AIADMK(JL) 15,523
Athoor I. Periasamy DMK N. Abdul Kadhar INC 3,736
Attur A. M. Ramasamy DMK M. P. Subramaniam AIADMK(JL) 5,825
Avanashi R. Annnambi AIADMK(JL) C. T. Dhanapandi DMK 2,158
Bargur K. R. Rajendran AIADMK(JL) E. G. Sugavanam DMK 1,029
Bhavani G. G. Gurumoorthy IND P. S. Kiruttinasamy DMK 16,853
Bhavanisagar V. K. Chinnasamy AIADMK(JL) P. A. Swaminathan DMK 7,420
Bhuvanagiri S. Sivalogam DMK R. Radhakrishnan IND 21,877
Bodinayakkanur J. Jayalalitha AIADMK(JL) Muthu Manoharan DMK 28,731
Chengalpattu V. Tamil Mani DMK C. D. Varadarajan AIADMK(JL) 16,341
Chengam M. Settu JD P. Veerapandiyan AIADMK(JL) 3,912
Chepauk M. A. Latheef DMK S. M. Hidayadullah INC 18,353
Cheranmadevi P. H. Pandian AIADMK(JR)R. Avudaiyappan DMK 700
Cheyyar V. Anbalagan DMK M. Krishnaswamy INC 23,383
Chidambaram D. Krishnamurthy DMK A. Radhakrishnan INC 16,720
Chinnasalem T. Udhayasuriyan DMK K. R. Ramalingam AIADMK(JL) 13,538
Coimbatore East K. Ramani CPI(M) E. Ramakrishnan INC 8,125
Coimbatore West M. Ramanathan DMK T. S. Balasubramaniam AIADMK(JL) 25,685
Colachel A. Pauliah INC R. Sambath Chandra DMK 12,197
Coonoor N. Thangavel DMK P. Arumugam INC 11,160
Cuddalore E. Pugazhenthi DMK M. Radhakrishnan INC 20,382
Cumbum E. Ramakrishnan DMK R. T. Gopalan AIADMK(JL) 15,385
Dharapuram T. Santhakumari DMK A. Periasamy AIADMK(JL) 1,436
Dharmapuri R. Chinnasamy DMK P. Ponnuswamy INC 12,551
Dindigul S. A. Thiagarajan CPI(M) M. Sadhana Mary INC 17,802
Edapadi K. Palaniswami AIADMK(JL) L. Palanisamy DMK 1,364
Egmore Parithi Ellam Vazhuthi DMK Polur Varadhan INC 20,969
Erode Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan DMK S. Muthusamu AIADMK(JR)22,198
Gingee N. Ramachandran DMK V. Ranganathan IND 22,630
Gobichettipalayam K. A. Sengottaiyan AIADMK(JL) T. Geetha JP 14,244
Gudalur M. K. Kareem INC T. P. Kamalatchan CPI(M) 1,280
Gudiyatham K. R. Sundaram CPI(M) R. Venugopal AIADMK(JL) 2,079
Gummidipundi K. Venu DMK K. Gopal AIADMK(JL) 3,530
Harbour M. Karunanidhi DMK K. A. Wahab IUML 31,991
Harur M. Annamalai CPI(M) A. Anbazhagan AIADMK(JL) 1,877
Hosur N. Ramachandra Reddy INC B. Venkatasamy JP 2,061
Ilayangudi M. Sathiah DMK S. Palanichamy INC 19,222
Jayankondam K. C. Ganesan DMK Muthukumarasamy IND 4,867
Kadaladi A. M. Ameeth Ibrahim DMK S. Balakrishnan INC 409
Kadayanallur Samsuddin alias Kathiravan DMK S. R. Dubramanian INC 6,879
Kalasapakkam P. S. Thiruvengadam DMK S. Krishnamurthy AIADMK(JL) 21,695
Kancheepuram P. Murugesan DMK S. S. Thirunavukkarasu AIADMK(JL) 21,413
Kandamangalam S. Alaguvelu DMK M. Kannan AIADMK(JR)25,191
Kangayam P. Marappan AIADMK(JL) P. Rathingamy DMK 7,671
Kanyakumari K. Subramania Pillai DMK V. Arumugham Pillai INC 2,339
Kapilamalai K. A. Mani AIADMK(JL) K. S. Moorthy DMK 8,466
Karaikudi R. M. Narayanan DMK S. P. Durairasu AIADMK(JR)24,485
Karur K. V. Ramasamy DMK M. Chinnasamy AIADMK(JL) 4,502
Katpadi Durai Murugan DMK R. Margabandu AIADMK(JL) 19,837
Kattumannarkoil A. Thangaraju IND E. Ramalingam DMK 3,841
Kaveripattinam V. C. Govindasami DMK P. Minisamy AIADMK(JL) 3,984
Killiyur Pon. Vijayaraghavan IND A. Jeyaraj DMK 9,831
Kinathukidavu K. Kandasamy DMK N. Appadurai AIADMK(JL) 14,073
Kolathur V. Raju AIADMK(JL) Selvaraj alias Kavithai Pithan DMK 12,205
Kovilpatti S. Alagarsamy CPI S. Radhakrishnan DMK 3,284
Krishnarayapuram A. Arivalagan AIADMK(JL) S. Masilamalai DMK 10,684
Kulittalai A. Pappa Sundaram AIADMK(JL) A. Sivaraman DMK 11,810
Kumbakonam K. S. Mani DMK K. Krishnamoorthy INC 7,692
Kurinjipadi N. Ganeshmurthy DMK R. Rasendran AIADMK(JL) 28,844
Kuttalam R. Rajamanickam DMK S. Dhinakaran INC 24,950
Lalgudi K. N. Nehru DMK Sami Thirunavukkarasu AIADMK(JL) 23,188
Madurai Central S. Paulraj DMK A. Deivanayagam INC 11,146
Madurai East S. R. Radha AIADMK N. Sankaraiah CPI(M) 13,323
Madurai West Pon. Muthuramalingam DMK R. V. S. Premkumar INC 19,492
Maduranthakam S. D. Ugamchand AIADMK(JL) C. Arumugam DMK 3,508
Manamadurai P. Duraipandi DMK V. M. Subramaniam AIADMK(JL) 3,452
Mangalore V. Ganesan DMK K. Ramalingam AIADMK(JL) 20,759
Mannargudi K. Ramachandaran DMK V. Veerasenan CPI 2,725
Marungapuri K. Ponnusamy AIADMK B. Senguttuvan DMK 11,023
Mayiladuturai A. Senguttuvan DMK M. M. S. Abul Hasan INC 12,759
Melmalayanur R. Panchatcharam DMK P. U. Shanmugam AIADMK(JR)12,787
Melur K. V. V. Rajamanickam INC K. R. Thiagarajan DMK 8,650
Mettupalyam V. Gopalakrishnan INC V. Jayaraman AIADMK(JL) 7,160
Mettur N. Sreerangan CPI(M) K. Gurusamy AIADMK(JR)1,128
Modakurichi A. Ganesamoorthy DMK S. Balakrishnan AIADMK(JL) 16,007
Morappur V. Mullai Vendan DMK M. G. Sekhar AIADMK(JL) 8,507
Mudukulathur S. Vellachamy alias Kather Batcha DMK P. K. Krishnan INC 10,404
Mugaiyur A. G. Sampath DMK M. Longan INC 13,986
Musiri M. Thangavel AIADMK(JL) N. Selvaraju DMK 1,449
Mylapore N. Ganapathy DMK Sarojini Varadappan AIADMK(JL) 18,195
Nagapattinam G. Veeraiyan CPI(M) Pon Palanivelu INC 13,797
Nagercoil M. Moses INC P. Dharmaraj DMK 6,865
Namakkal P. Duraisamy DMK S. Raju AIADMK(JL) 4,343
Nanguneri Achiyur M. Mani DMK P. Sironmani INC 1,493
Nannilam M. Manimaran DMK A. Kalaiyarasan AIADMK(JL) 19,855
Natham M. Andi Ambalam INC R. Visvanathan AIADMK(JL) 5,452
Natrampalli R. Mahendran DMK A. R. Rajendran AIADMK(JL) 9,581
Nellikuppam S.Krishnamoorthy DMK N. V. Jayaseelan IND 11,429
Nilakottai A. S. Ponnammal INC R. Paranthaman DMK 692
Oddanchatram P. Kaliappan DMK P. Balasubramani AIADMK(JL) 5,841
Omalur C. Krishnan AIADMK(JL) K. Chinnaraju DMK 10,482
Orathanad L. Ganesan DMK K. Srinivasan AIADMK(JL) 21,978
Ottapidaram M. Muthiah DMK O. S. Veluchami INC 1,743
Padmanabhapuram S. Noor Mohammad CPI(M) A. T. C. Joseph INC 1,314
Palacode K. Madhapan AIADMK(JL) T. Chandrasekar DMK 4,500
Palani N. Palanivel CPI(M) B. Panneerselvam INC 2,855
Palayamkottai S. Gurunathan DMK S. A. Khaja Mohideen IUML 2,431
Palladam M. Kannappan DMK K. Sivaraj AIADMK(JL) 13,576
Pallipet A. Eakambara Reddy INC P. M. Narasimhan AIADMK(JL) 4,377
Panamarathuypatti S. R. Sivalingam DMK P. Thangavelan AIADMK(JL) 1,825
Panruti K. Nanda Gopalakiruttinan DMK R. Devasundaram AIADMK(JL) 34,908
Papanasam G. Karuppiah Moopanar INC S. Kalyanasundaram DMK 1,092
Paramakudi S. Sundararaj AIADMK(JL) K. V. R. Kandasamy DMK 3,414
Park Town A. Rahman Khan DMK Babuji Gautam AIADMK(JL) 20,413
Pattukottai K. Annadurai DMK A. R. Marimuthu INC 14,681
Pennagaram N. Nanjappan IND P. Srinivasan AIADMK(JL) 943
Perambalur R. Pitchaimuthu CPI M. Devaraj DMK 431
Perambur Chengai Sivam DMK P. Viswanathan INC 39,990
Peravurani R. Singaram INC M. Krishnamoorthy DMK 751
Periyakulam L. Mookiah DMK S. Sheik Abdul Khader INC 5,593
Pernambut V. Govindan DMK I. Tamilarasan AIADMK(JL) 11,446
Pernamallur E. Ettiyappan DMK Jaison Jacob AIADMK(JL) 17,320
Perundurai V. N. Subramanian AIADMK(JL) R. Arumugam INC 14,698
Perur A. Natarajan DMK V. D. Balasubramanian IND 29,933
Pollachi V. P. Chandrasekar AIADMK(JL) P. T. Balu DMK 3,774
Polur A. Rajendran DMK S. Kannan AIADMK(JL) 10,144
Pongalur S. R. Balasubramaniam INC N. S. Palanisamy AIADMK(JL) 440
Ponneri K. Sundaram DMK K. Tamizharasan AIADMK(JL) 7,607
Poompuhar M. Mohammad Siddik DMK R. Rajamannar AIADMK(JL) 23,818
Poonamallee T. R. Masilamani DMK G. Anathakrishna INC 29,295
Pudukottai A. Periyannan DMK Rama Veerappan AIADMK 19,280
Purasawalkam Arcot N. Veerasami DMK B. Ranganathan AIADMK(JL) 38,264
Radhakrishnan Nagar S. P. Sarkunam DMK E. Madhusudhanan AIADMK(JL) 24,256
Radhapuram Ramani Nallathambi INC V. Karthesan DMK 4,502
Rajapalayam V. P. Rajan DMK M. Arunachalam INC 4,015
Ramanathapuram M. S. K. Rajenthiran DMK S. Sekar AIADMK(JL) 14,111
Ranipet J. Hassain IND M. Kuppusami DMK 3,940
Rasipuram A. Subbu DMK V. Thamilarasu AIADMK(JL) 460
Rishivandiyam Ekal M. Natesa Odayar DMK S. Sivaraj INC 5,961
Royapuram R. Mathivanan DMK K. Arumugaswamy IND 11,766
Saidapet R. S. Sridhar DMK Saidai S. Duraisamy AIADMK(JR)32,589
Salem - I K. R. G. Dhanabalan DMK C. N. K. A. Periasamy IND 22,661
Salem - II Veerapandy S. Arumugam DMK M. Natesan AIADMK(JL) 20,765
Samayanallur N. Soundrapandian DMK O. P. Raman AIADMK(JL) 15,960
Sankarankoil S. Thangavelu DMK K. Marutha Karuppan AIADMK(JL) 21,989
Sankarapuram M. Muthiyan DMK S. Kalitheerthan AIADMK(JR)10,017
Sankari R. Varadarajan DMK R. Dhanapal AIADMK(JL) 7,869
Sathankulam Kumari Ananthan INC P. Durairaj DMK 1,196
Sathyamangalam T. K. Subramaniam DMK S. K. Palanisamy AIADMK(JL) 1,087
Sattur S. S. Karuppasamy DMK R. Kothandaraman AIADMK(JL) 16,061
Sedapatti A. Athiyaman DMK R. Muthiah AIADMK(JL) 6,536
Sendamangalam K. Chinnasamy AIADMK(JL) C. Alagappan DMK 5,037
Sholavandan D. Radhakrishnan DMK P. S. Manian AIADMK(JL) 5,259
Sholinghur A. M. Munirathinam INC C. Manickam DMK 5,258
Singanallur Era. Mohan DMK P. L. Subbiah INC 38,238
Sirkazhi M. Panneerselvam DMK N. Ramasamy INC 22,775
Sivaganga B. Manoharan DMK E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan INC 1,768
Sivakasi P. Seenivasan DMK K. Ayyappan INC 5,915
Sriperumbudur E. Kothandam DMK Arul Pugazhenthi AIADMK(JL) 6,390
Srirangam Y. Venkadeswara Dikshidar JD Ku. Pa. Krishnan AIADMK(JL) 8,008
Srivaikuntam S. Daniel Raj INC C. Jegaveerapandian DMK 3,472
Srivilliputhur A. Thangam DMK R. Thamaraikani AIADMK(JR)13,495
Talavasal S. Gunasekaran DMK T. Rajambal AIADMK(JL) 6,079
Tambaram M. A. Vaithiyalingam DMK A. J. Doss INC 46,261
Taramangalam K. Arjunan AIADMK(JL) P. Kandasamy IND 1,653
Tenkasi S. Peter Alphonse INC V. Pandivelan DMK 6,594
Thalli D. C. Vijeyandriah JD K. V. V. Venugopal INC 20,963
Thandarambattu D. Ponmudi DMK K. F. Velu AIADMK(JR)19,529
Thanjavur S. N. M. Ubayadullah DMK Durai Thirugnanam AIADMK(JL) 34,853
Theni G. Ponnu Pillai DMK N. R. Alagaraja INC 780
T. Nagar S. A. Ganesan DMK K. Sourirajan INC 22,104
Thirumangalam R. Saminathan DMK N. S. V. Chithan INC 4,055
Thirumayam V. Sobiah DMK C. Swaminathan INC 5,744
Thirunavalur A. V. Balasubramanian DMK P. Kannan AIADMK(JL) 17,308
Thirupparankundram C. Ramachandran DMK V. Rajan Chellappa AIADMK(JL) 29,976
Thiruthuraipundi G. Palanisamy CPI N. Kuppusamy DMK 8,278
Thiruvadanai K. R. Ramasamy Ambalam INC S. Murugappan DMK 1,850
Thiruvarambur Pappa Umanath CPI(M) V. Swaminathan INC 22,209
Thiruvadaimarudhur S. Ramalingam DMK M. Rajangam INC 20,057
Thiruvaiyaru Durai Chandrasekaran DMK Sivaji Ganesan IND 10,643
Thiruvattar R. Nadesan INC J. Hemachandran CPI(M) 8,109
Thiruvarur V. Thambusamy CPI(M) Raja Nagooran AIADMK(JL) 26,020
Thiruvonam M. Ramachandran DMK K. Thangamuthu AIADMK(JL) 12,749
Thondamuthur U. K. Vellingiri CPI(M) P. Shanmugam AIADMK(JL) 21,603
Thottiam K. Kannaiyan DMK K. P. Kathamuthu AIADMK(JL) 1,137
Thousand Lights M. K. Stalin DMK S. S. R. Thambidurai AIADMK(JL) 20,634
Tindivanam R. Masilamani DMK K. Ramamurthi INC 10,755
Tiruchengode V. Ramasamy CPI(M) R. Rajan AIADMK(JL) 18,088
Tiruchy - I A. Malaramannan DMK Ka. Shivaraj INC 5,744
Tiruchy - II Anbil Poyyamozhi DMK K. M. Kader Mohideen IND 9,793
Tirunelveli A. L. Subramanian DMK Nellai N. S. S. Kannan INC 9,521
Tiruppattur (41) B. Sundaram DMK S. P. Manavalan INC 13,457
Tiruppattur (194) S. S. Thennarasu DMK R. Arunagiri INC 10,893
Tirupporur D. Thirumurthy DMK M. Govindarajan AIADMK(JL) 3,512
Tiruppur C. Govindasamy CPI(M) K. Subbarayan CPI 17,379
Tiruttani P. Natarajan DMK Munu Adhi AIADMK(JL) 9,123
Tiruvallur S. R. Munirathinam DMK M. Selvaraj AIADMK(JL) 22,239
Tiruvannamalai K. Pitchandi DMK A. S. Ravindran INC 34,402
Tiruvottiyur T. K. Palanisamy DMK J. Ramachandran AIADMK(JL) 21,072
Triplicane Nanjil K. Manoharan DMK H. V. Hande AIADMK(JL) 9,972
Tuticorin N. Periasamy DMK V. Shanmugam INC 547
Udagamandalam H. M. Raju INC T. Gundan alias Gunda Gowder DMK 806
Udumalpet S. J. Sadiq Pasha DMK P. Kolandaivelu AIADMK(JL) 8,405
Ulundurpet K. Angamuthu DMK V. Selvaraj INC 11,905
Uppiliapuram R.Saroja AIADMK(JL) M. Varadarajan DMK 4,560
Usilambatti P. N. Vallarasu DMK V. Pandian INC 1,591
Uthiramerur K. Sundar DMK P. Sundar Raman AIADMK(JL) 11,129
Valangiman Yasodha Chellappa DMK Vivekananda AIADMK(JL) 9,898
Valparai P. Lakshmi AIADMK(JL) D. M. Shanmugam DMK 6,672
Vandavasi V. Dhanaraj DMK T. S. Govindan INC 14,088
Vaniyambadi P. Abdul Samad DMK N. Kulasekara Pandiyan AIADMK(JL) 17,109
Vanur A. Marimuthu DMK C. Krishnan INC 22,012
Varahur K. Annadurai DMK E. T. Ponnuvelu AIADMK(JL) 7,324
Vasudevanallur R. Eswaran INC R. Krishnan CPI(M) 411
Vedaranyam P. V. Rajendiran INC M. Meenakshisundaram DMK 5,224
Vellakoil Durai Ramasamy AIADMK(JL) V. V. Ramasamy DMK 5,380
Vedasandur P. Muthusamy AIADMK(JR)S. Gandhirajan IND 890
Veerapandi P. Venkatachalam DMK S. K. Selvam AIADMK(JL) 4,141
Vellore V. M. Devaraj DMK P. Neelakandan AIADMK(JL) 19,360
Vilathikulam K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran AIADMK(JL) S. Kumaragurubara Ramanathan DMK 7,996
Vilavancode M. Sundaradas INC D. Mony CPI(M) 1,214
Villivakkam W. R. Varadarajan CPI(M) D. Balasubramaniam AIADMK(JL) 59,421
Villupuram K. Ponmudi DMK S. Abdul Latheef INC 22,765
Virudhunagar R. Chokkar INC A. S. A. Arumugam JP 5,558
Vridachalam G. Bhuvarahan JD R. D. Aranganathan AIADMK(JL) 14,536
Yercaud C. Perumal AIADMK(JL) V. Dhanakodi DMK 6,441
*Elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Analysis

The split in the AIADMK and the Congress contesting alone split the opposition votes, while the DMK retained its vote bank and won a comfortable majority. [8] VN Janaki, contesting from Andipatti, lost to DMK's P. Asayan by less than a 5000 vote margin, in a four-way contest between AIADMK (Janaki), AIADMK (Jayalalithaa), Congress, and DMK.

Cabinet

S.noNameDesignationParty
Chief Minister
1. M. Karunanidhi Chief Minister DMK
Cabinet Ministers
2. K. Anbazhagan Minister for Education DMK
3. S. J. Sadiq Pasha Minister for Law
4. Nanjil K. Manoharan Minister for Revenue
5. M. Kannappan Minister for Transport
6. K. P. Kandasamy Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
7. Ko. Si. Mani Minister for Rural Development and Local Administration
8. Pon. Muthuramalingam Minister for Food and Co-operation
9. Veerapandy S. Arumugam Minister for Agriculture
10. Durai Murugan Minister for Public Works
11. Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan Minister for Social Welfare and Rural Industries
12. K. Ponmudy Minister for Public Health
13. K. N. Nehru Minister for Information and Labour
14. S. Thangavelu Minister for Handlooms and Urban Development
15. K. Chandrasekaran Minister for Animal Husbandry
16. K. Sundaram Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare

See also

|Ninth |1989-91 |S. Krishnamoorthy |Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |-

Footnotes

  1. Kaliyaperumal, M (1992). The office of the speaker in Tamilnadu : A study (PDF). Madras University. p. 100. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011.
  2. "The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, XVII Assembly Third Session (12 November - 22 December, 1986)" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  3. "The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, VIII Assembly Sixth Session (27-28 January, 1986)" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 South India Election Will Test Political Strength of Gandhi, The New York Times 21 January 1989
  5. The politics of governor's office, The Business Line - 3 November 2003
  6. "A political agenda, Frontline - 15 November 1997". Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  7. All For You, Amma Outlook Magazine 13 March 1996
  8. 1 2 Raising The Dead Outlook Magazine 24 January 1996
  9. Thakurta, Paranjoy Guha; Shankar Raghuraman (2004). A Time of Coalitions. SAGE. pp. 235–236. ISBN   978-0-7619-3237-6.
  10. 1 2 Subramaniamn, TS (30 July 2004). "Celluloid connections". Frontline. Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. Kantha, Sachi Sri (9 November 2008). "Book Review: Autobiography of Actor-Politician Sivaji Ganesan". Sangam. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  12. Ganesan, P. C. (1996). Daughter of the South: biography of Jayalalitha. Sterling Publishers. p. 57. ISBN   978-81-207-1879-1.
  13. The Journal of parliamentary information, Volume 35. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1996. p. 228.
  14. Election Commission of India. "1989 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  15. ECI: 1989 Election Statistical Report

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